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AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
NEW BUSINESS George Caravalho
DATE: January 3, 1990
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY PROPOSAL TO LOCATE A SOLID WASTE
LANDFILL AT ELSMERE CANYON
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
BACKGROUND:
For some time now, the County of Los Angeles and City of Los Angeles have been
negotiating an agreement to locate a solid waste landfill in Elsmere Canyon. In
recent weeks, an agreement between the City and County of Los Angeles has been
reached and we were contacted by Los Angeles County and City to establish a
dialogue with the City of Santa Clarita.
In looking at this issue, the City Council needs to determine if the City wants
to take a position on the location of the landfill. To date, the City Council
has indicated it would wait for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This is
one option that certainly needs to be considered. A proposal has been made by
the County and City of Los Angeles to the City of Santa Clarita to negotiate an
agreement on this matter by providing for a number of mitigation measures which
would address many issues of concern to Santa Clarity such as provisions for
protection of ground water, providing additional open space land; providing fees
that could be used to develop roads; etc.
The City staff has prepared two resolutions (attached) which represent the two
options mentioned above for City Council review and comment. The City Council
may wish to receive public comment regarding the City's position on the location
of the landfill, the mitigation measures and the presented resolutions. In a
public forum, the Council and members of the community could discuss the issues
and weigh the pros and cons of each option. Other alternatives may also be
discussed and considered. The Council may wish to devote the month of January
for discussion on the Elsmere Canyon landfill proposal.
RECOMMENDATION:
Schedule a public forum for January 24, 1990 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers and defer action on this item until the month of February.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution No. 90-7 (2)
Agenda Item:
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RESOLUTION NO. 90-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
REGARDING A PROPOSED SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AT ELSMERE CANYON
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WHEREAS, the City ("City") of Los Angeles and County ("County") of Los Angeles
have entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation ("MOC") to locate a landfill in the
Santa Clarita Valley at Elsmere Canyon; and
WHEREAS, effecting the placement of a landfill at Elsmere may have a
significant environmental impact on the citizens of Santa Clarita Valley; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita was incorporated by approximately 150,000
people in the Santa Clarita Valley with the objective of having a greater influence
and control over the quality of life, orderly growth, and development of the
Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clarita Valley is dependent upon ground water resources
located in a distinct water shed area separated from the Los Angeles metropolitan
areas by the Santa Susanna and San Gabriel mountains; and
WHEREAS, endorsement of MOC would preclude the City of Santa Clarita from
analyzing, commenting on or objecting to issues in the yet -to -be filed
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the landfill; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clarita City Council recently appointed a citizens Solid
Waste Management Committee, with the mission of developing a comprehensive sets to
action to carefully plan and manage solid waste generated with the City boundaries,
into the 21st Century; and
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles has the ability to resolve its own solid waste
disposal needs by expanding Sunshine Canyon and opening Mission, Rustic Sullivan
Canyons; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Los Angeles City and County Agreement, the City
of Los Angeles would be required to dump a minimum amount of refuse tonnage each
day in Elsmere Canyon; and
WHEREAS, the Placerita4ature Center is a community an0environmental resource
that would be severely impacted by the placement of a landfill in Elsmere Canyon;
and
WHEREAS, the placement of a landfill in Elsmere and Towsley Canyons will create
negligible benefits to residents of the Santa Clarita Valley, and generate
significant negative impacts; and
WHEREAS, there are presently two active landfills existing in the Santa Clarita
Valley, which creates a disproportional burden on the physical environment and
residents of Santa Clarita Valley;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City of Santa Clarita opposes the location of another
major solid waste landfill at Elsmere Canyon and within Santa Clarita water shed
area.
SECTION 2. That the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles be
advised by copy of this Resolution of the City's opposition to another solid waste
landfill at Elsmere Canyon and within the Santa Clarita water shed area.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
MAYOR
, 1989.
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5. Study and develop a report for a general plan
element on integrated waste management for
review by the General Plan Advisory Committee.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of ,
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of, Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the day of ,
19 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on
the day of , 1989 by the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
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RESOLUTION NO. 90-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
REGARDING A PROPOSED SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AT ELSMERE CANYON
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WHEREAS, the City ("City") of Los Angeles and County ("County") of Los Angeles
have entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation ("MOC") to locate a landfill in the
Santa Clarita Valley at Elsmere Canyon; and
WHEREAS, effecting the placement of a landfill at Elsmere may have a
significant environmental impact on the citizens of Santa Clarita Valley; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita was incorporated by approximately 150,000
people in the Santa Clarita Valley, with the objective of having a greater
influence and control over the quality of life, orderly growth, and development of
the Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clarita Valley is dependent upon ground water resources
located in a distinct water shed area separated from the Los Angeles metropolitan
area by the Santa Susanna and San Gabriel mountains; and
WHEREAS, endorsement of the MOC would negate the City of Santa Clarita from
analyzing, commenting on, or objecting to issues in the yet -to -be filed
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the landfill; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clarita City Council recently appointed a citizens Solid
Waste Management Committee, with the mission of developing a comprehensive sets to
action to carefully plan and manage solid waste generated with the City boundaries,
into the 21st Century; and
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles has the ability to resolve its own solid waste
disposal needs by expanding Sunshine Canyon and opening Mission, Rustic Sullivan
Canyons; and
WHEREAS, the MOC requires the City of Los Angeles dump a minimum amount of
refuse tonnage each day in Elsmere Canyon; and
WHEREAS, the Placerita Nature Center is a community and environmental resource
that would be severely impacted by the placement of a landfill in Elsmere Canyon;
and
WHEREAS, the placementof a landfill in Elsmere and Toney Canyons will create
negligible benefits to residents of the Santa Clarita Valley, and generate
significant negative impacts; and
WHEREAS, there are currently two active landfills existing in the Santa Clarita
Valley, which creates a disproportional burden on the physical environment and
residents of Santa Clarita Valley;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City of Santa Clarita conditionally opposes the location
of another major solid waste landfill at Elsmere Canyon and within Santa Clarita
water shed area to serve Los Angeles City and County unless all environmental
hazards and concerns are resolved prior to such establishment.
SECTION 2. That in the event this landfill site successfully completes an
environmental analysis, gains all applicable approvals from the appropriate
governmental agencies and is developed, the City of Santa Clarita demands the
following additional conditions be met:
1. All necessary safeguards be taken to make any proposed landfill
site in the Santa Clarita Valley environmentally sound, and
institute the required measures to protect the quality of the
Santa Clarita Valley's ground water resources at all times.
2. Any access to the City of Los Angeles water system by the City
of Santa Clarita and its water purveyors, be at the expense of
the City of Los Angeles.
3. The City of Santa Clarita will be regarded as a reviewing agency
for the purpose of reviewing and commenting on the Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) to be filed.
4. That the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles
guarantee quality water to the City of Santa Clarita in an
amount equivalent to any amount determined by a court of law or
the Regional Water Quality Control Board to be tainted as a
result of Elsmere Canyon Landfill and at a cost equivalent to
providing well operating costs.
5. The City of Santa Clarita shall be granted a sphere of influence
of approximately 100+ square miles. Los Angeles City and County
shall encourage support and vote in favor of this proposal at
LAFCO. (See attached map.)
6. Development withiWis sphere of influence shall 0 referred to
the City for annexation and developmental processing.
7. The County of Los Angeles shall adopt a policy that no urban
development (more than one unit per acre) shall be developed
outside the City of Santa Clarita's sphere of influence and
within the area of the Santa Clarita Valley without the
concurrence of the City.
8. That upon the City of Santa Clarita filing an annexation
application within the above proposed sphere of influence, the
City and County of Los Angeles shall encourage support and vote
in favor of such application. Property tax division between the
City of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County shall be fair and
equitable but in no case shall result in less taxes to the City
than presently received for properties currently within the
corporate limits of the City.
9. As trade-off for the loss of natural open space next to the
City, the City of Los Angeles shall deed to the City of Santa
Clarita the 583 -acre Saugus Rehabilitation site. The City of
Santa Clarita will negotiate sale of approximately 65 acres to
the Castaic Lake Water Agency for the development of a water
treatment plant facility.
10. Twelve percent of tipping fees collected from the Elsmere Canyon
and Sunshine Canyon landfills shall accrue and be allocated
(annually) to the City of Santa Clarita.
11. That neither the City of Los Angeles nor the County of Los
Angeles oppose, delay or seek to condition the establishment of
a Redevelopment Agency and/or Redevelopment Plan in the City of
Santa Clarita. There shall be no tax increment sharing.
12. Movement of waste disposal trucks generated from the proposed
Elsmere Canyon landfill be required to exit from the freeway and
not impact on surface street vehicle movement within the City
limits.
13. The proposed Elsmere Canyon landfill shall be sited in a manner
so that it is not visible from the Valley floor.
14. Towsley Canyon shall be removed from any future consideration as
a -landfill site, and in turn be preserved as an addition to the
State Park system.
15. The City of Los Angeles shall open Mission,. Rustic and Sullivan
Canyons as landfill sites.
16. Any local .7urisd�.tion, or operator of the pri,,osed Elsmere
Canyon landfill site be required to have a mandatory recycling
program, approved by the California Integrated Solid Waste
Management and Recycling Board, under the provisions of AB 939
(Chapter 1095 1989 Session).
17. The City of Santa Clarita be granted a seat on the Board of
Directors of the proposed Elsmere Joint Powers Authority.
18. At no time will "sludge" be disposed of at the Elsmere Canyon
landfill site.
SECTION 3. That the City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles be
advised by certified copy of this Resolution of the demands made by the
City of Santa Clarita should the landfill site successfully pass
environmental analysis, gain all applicable approvals, and be developed.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of 1989.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
Council of the City of Santa
the day of
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
MAYOR
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City
Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on
1989 by the following vote of Council:
CITY CLERK
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Existing City Boundary
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Sphere of Influence Requested by City
Sphere of Influence Recommended by LAFCO Staff
FIGURE 4
RECOMMENDED SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
FOR THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA